Low-Dimensional Models in Statistical Physics and Quantum Field Theory

1996 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Statistical Physics ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Dimensional Models ◽  
Low Dimensional

scholarly journals Broken Symmetry and Yang–Mills Theory

2014 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 54-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Englert
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Statistical Physics ◽  
Broken Symmetry ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Yang Mills

From its inception in statistical physics to its role in the construction and in the development of the asymmetric Yang–Mills phase in quantum field theory, the notion of spontaneous broken symmetry permeates contemporary physics. This is reviewed with particular emphasis on the conceptual issues.

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